In 1790, four renowned opera performing teams traveled to Beijing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty (1636 AD – 1912AD). Beijing Opera Origins of Beijing Operaīeijing Opera is considered to be the essence of China, but actually, the language of Beijing Opera is not the dialect of Beijing. The Beijing Opera, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera, Yu Opera and Cantonese Opera are five of the most popular operas in China. At that time, a lot of foreign men in the audiences did not know this and consequently fell in love with female characters, who were actually men playing a female role.ĭrums, gongs, suona horns, urheens and 4-stringed Chinese lutes are major instruments for the operas in China. Before the 1900s, only men could be opera performers, even if their roles were female.
In Chinese operas, the performers’ faces are often painted with theater greasepaint makeup making it impossible to see the performers’ real faces. They teach their children to learn from the heroes. Chinese people often consider themselves to be the heroes and the ones they dislike to be the evildoers. The heroes in the novels are also the heroes in the operas. For thousands of years, these operas and novels have benefited from each other. Most operas were composed according to the ancient novels, such as “ The Romance of The Three Kingdoms”, “A Journey to The West” and “The Outlaws of Marsh”. The operas in China originated in Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 207 BC), but the composition of opera originated during the Song Dynasty (960 AD – 1279 AD). There are over 360 kinds of operas in different places in China. China covers an area of over 9.6 million square kilometers.
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